[Solved] Recording internal audio with alsa and recordmydesktop

I record Let's Plays and wanted to record them with recordmydesktop.I first tried to record using ALSA but after reading much threads about that problem I decided to use pulseaudio because it seems to be easier. But I want ALSA back so I decided to ask here if anyone knows a solution for the ALSA sound server.

Re: [Solved] Recording internal audio with alsa and recordmydesktop

Your answer is not very helpful. I didn't ask which soundcard is the best.I just wanted to know if anyone knows a way to record the internal audio using the ALSA soundserver.Pulseaudio is just making problems and i want to get rid of it.

Re: [Solved] Recording internal audio with alsa and recordmydesktop

Thank you for your answer kokoko3k.

For some reason I get the message, that there was an error while opening/configuring the soundcard.I've done exactly what you wrote after uninstalling the pulseaudio sound server.Have you got an idea what I could have done wrong?

Re: [Solved] Recording internal audio with alsa and recordmydesktop

When and where do you get that message?What does it says exactly?Please, post the output of

aplay -l

--EDIT (just guessing...)If you modprobed snd-aloop at system boot via /etc/modules-load.d/something.conf it is possible that snd-aloop has got priority over your real sound card so that card #0 is the loop and card #1 is the real one.In that case, you may want to edit/create: /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf to fix indexes:

Re: [Solved] Recording internal audio with alsa and recordmydesktop

Re: [Solved] Recording internal audio with alsa and recordmydesktop

kokoko3k, I would like to give a big THANK YOU to you because the simple instructions you posted worked FLAWLESSLY the first time I tried it. I had previously spent over TWO WEEKS trying to get Jack set up with GTK-RMD but to no avail. As a matter of fact, to show my appreciation, I actually registered just for this post. I am a Debian user with around two years experience lol.

Re: [Solved] Recording internal audio with alsa and recordmydesktop

Basically you create an alsa device like one of the below pcm devices and then set it as default or play only particular programs through it. You don't even have to use a recording program which is nice:

Re: [Solved] Recording internal audio with alsa and recordmydesktop

Both have upsides and downsides. For example when you record something you usually don't want to record your skype and other IM notifications or whatever program decides to output noises at the time. So when recording I usually set the program to use a particular PCM.